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cloakroom
[ klohk-room, -room ]
noun
- a room in which outer garments, hats, umbrellas, etc., may be left temporarily, as in a club, restaurant, etc.; checkroom.
- a room adjacent to a legislative chamber or legislative room, where legislators may leave their coats, relax, or engage in informal conversation.
- British.
cloakroom
/ -ˌrʊm; ˈkləʊkˌruːm /
noun
- a room in which hats, coats, luggage, etc, may be temporarily deposited
- a euphemistic word for lavatory
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cloakroom1
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Example Sentences
Its enemies are many of the men and women he shares a cloakroom with—any Republican senator who did not join in.
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It was a young man with a check for the things; he was waiting for them now in the cloakroom and he seemed nervous.
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He wrested a chattering Winona from Mrs. Henrietta Plunkett at the door of the ladies' cloakroom.
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Stoneman pushed his way among the mob which surrounded the badgered Puritan as he attempted to retreat into the cloakroom.
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Miss Henderson took her hand, and entered a room 346 adjoining the cloakroom.
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Then one day in the cloakroom he said, "Your great-grandmother—"
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